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NHL Winter Classic Rink Update: Wednesday Afternoon
NHL Winter Classic Rink Update: Wednesday Afternoon
It's much nicer in Chicago today. Well, relatively speaking, at least -- not snowing, and about 20 degrees with light winds. So I took the better camera to the ballpark future hockey arena to get some more photos. While I was there I ran into Brad, our usual gate chief in the bleachers. He ...
Rink for NHL Classic to be Setup at Wrigley Field Today
Rink for NHL Classic to be Setup at Wrigley Field Today
bizofbaseball.com — Artist rendering of Wrigley Field rink for NHL Classic (courtesy of National Hockey League) Wrigley Field will... move from the Field of Dreams to Rink of Dreams today as the NHL begins setting up the rink that will be used for the NHL Winter Classic to be played on January 1. The game, ... (more) Rink for NHL Classic to be Setup at Wrigley Field Today
NHL Winter Classic Construction Underway At Wrigley Field
NHL Winter Classic Construction Underway At Wrigley Field
bleedcubbieblue.com — Today, trucks arrived and began unloading the materials that will build the hockey rink for the Winter... Classic to be played at Wrigley Field on January 1. In addition to the wood for the boards and the platform the ice will be created on, there were ... (more) NHL Winter Classic Construction Underway At Wrigley Field
NHL Winter Classic Rink Update
NHL Winter Classic Rink Update
bleedcubbieblue.com — I hadn't planned on stopping by Wrigley today, given that it has been puking snow all afternoon.... But I had to go out for a while and my route took me past the ballpark (no, really -- I had to go that way). I didn't even bring my camera. But when I ... (more) NHL Winter Classic Rink Update
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Al @ Bleed Cubbie Blue (SBN's Chicago Cubs blog) has a great collection of photos of the...
Winging It In Motown — ... Al @ Bleed Cubbie Blue (SBN's Chicago Cubs blog) has a great collection of photos of the construction at Wrigley Field for the Winter Classic game. You can check out the three days of photos here, here, and here. ...

Let the pimping for the Classic begin...
Second City Hockey — ... least 5 minutes.  You can see the paths the players will take out of the dugouts towards the rink already. There's another good article about Cubs players attending the game - still it seems to be only pitchers though.  Good quote from Harden about falling asleep while listening to the Flames - you're not the only one guy. Al over at Bleed Cubbie Blue has some great photos of the contruction of the rink.  Check them out here, here and here.  The photo at the top of this story comes from  the last ...

Yellon Pissed at HJE for Using His Image Without Permission
Hire Jim Essian — ... was gone, and I received this message. I didn’t even get a nice explanation like, “Considering the context of your comment, I know that banning you is the absolute pinnacle of sweet irony, but I cannot tolerate dissonance on my site, especially not from you, since we’re now doing humor (LOL! Bravo!)! Besides, I can’t have links to your site driving traffic away from my vast PORTFOLIO OF PICTURES OF UNION WORKERS BUILDING A HOCKEY RINK! Some people might consider ...

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